Dr Mathew Moodley is currently a Senior Lecturer in the School of Physics and Chemistry at UKZN. In the past, Dr Moodley was senior scientist at the National Laser Centre, CSIR where he was involved in building novel laser sources and non-linear optical devices.

He also held a position of group leader in Sensors at the newly formed National Centre for Nanostructured Materials, CSIR before joining UKZN in 2011.